We performed a comparison between Veeam Backup & Replication and VMware SRM based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Veeam Backup & Replication comes out on top in this comparison due to its robust performance and user-friendly interface. Veeam Backup & Replication also has a significant ROI.
"Veeam Backup Replication is stable I have not had any problems."
"Features with the most value are Instant VM Recovery, SQL Explorer and Exchange Explorer."
"The ntegration of physical agents with our cloud connect service is positive."
"It is a stable and scalable solution that's easy to operate and restore."
"It is a powerful software for communicating with the storage and for redundancy."
"I think that the scalability is very good. We can't compare it."
"No problems with stability."
"The direct SAN backup feature perfectly integrates with our 3PAR storage infrastructure."
"VMware SRM is a very nice tool for disaster recovery for virtual environments."
"Incorporating non-disruptive testing capability in disaster recovery procedures has significantly benefited the overall recovery testing processes."
"The stability of SRM has been excellent. It gets a nine-out-of-ten."
"I like how VMware SRM is able to automate and orchestrate disaster recovery."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that you can independently run the disaster recovery without disturbing the production instances."
"The most valuable feature is disaster recovery testing."
"VMware SRM replicates the VM from one site to another, and it helps us orchestrate the powering of VMs and DR when the DC goes down."
"VMware's tech support gets a nine-out-of-ten. They are responsive and get you a useful reply."
"Multithreading of health check process: This can take too much time to process on large jobs and/or large VMs."
"The VMotion feature is not reliable enough to ensure a successful migration operation."
"The Cloud version is not ready, they need maturity and ease of deployment in terms of management."
"I would like a solution for SAP systems to be included."
"The initial setup of Veeam Backup Replication is straightforward. The process took approximately two days. The setup could be streamlined to take less time."
"I would like to see the replication and a recovery plan of the servers in the cloud. It's very important."
"think backing up from physical servers and ransomware security needs some improvements."
"In Linux, I suggest you backup for a PostgreSQL database."
"Technical support needs improvement, they are not very responsive."
"SRM has to be installed on two separate data centers, so both have to be coordinated very well, which becomes complicated when configuring the software for disaster recovery."
"VMware SRM lacks certain functions that other platforms have, such as better prioritization of allocation of resources and Boot profiles."
"Timing issues arise due to replication lags in multiple areas. When this happens, we encounter errors."
"If you have a failover case, you need to work on it manually. It would be helpful if this could be automated. It would simplify things."
"An improvement for SRM would be better interface compatibility with other products."
"Currently, there is a limitation of consolidating only 15 sites per SRM."
"The administration guides can be complicated and difficult to use, so it would be helpful if it was made easier."
Veeam Backup & Replication is ranked 1st in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software with 328 reviews while VMware SRM is ranked 6th in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software with 69 reviews. Veeam Backup & Replication is rated 8.6, while VMware SRM is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Veeam Backup & Replication writes "Beneficial pricing model, user friendly interface, and many free features". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware SRM writes "A scalable solution that integrates well with the VMware platform, but its platform agnostics do not support on-cloud usage". Veeam Backup & Replication is most compared with Acronis Cyber Protect, Azure Backup, Rubrik, Veritas NetBackup and Cohesity DataProtect, whereas VMware SRM is most compared with Zerto, Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines, Azure Site Recovery, VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery and Nutanix Disaster Recovery as a Service . See our VMware SRM vs. Veeam Backup & Replication report.
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